One night, Death swoops in and takes the life of a child. His mother will do anything to recover him, even lose all she has. A 17 minutes short movie based on H.C. Andersen novel.

Official selection at:

-New York City Horror Film Festival 2010

-Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival 2010

-Minghella Film Festival 2011

-Boston International Film Festival 2011

-Newport Beach Film Festival 2011

-Fantasy Horror Award 2011

-Dances With Films 2011

-I’ve Seen Films International Film Festival 2011

-Napoli Film Festival 2011

-41° Parallelo, New York City 2011

-Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2012

-Riverside International Film Festival 2012

-WINNER, Best Short, Roma Fantafestival 2012

-WINNER, Silver Award, California Film Awards 2012

ABOUT THE SOUNDTRACK

The story of a mother was the first work that I done with Fablemakers team and it represents my first challenge: It was a great short movie, with a great staff and a really beautiful story that can fits to my personally love for the gothic atmosphere.

The theme of The story of a mother has led me to write an orchestral score with a little epic and dark feelings. Also I choose to use few special instruments to bring the right sound to the movie.

During the writing of this soundtrack I have tried to not only create themes well suited to the characters and situations, but also to use instruments and timbre affixed to the moment (for example the harp arpeggios continuously during the dialogue between the mother and the river, or the Musical Box to represent the child).